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re: Top 10 backs in ypc for 2020 in the SEC
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:42 am to Hugh McElroy
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:42 am to Hugh McElroy
Spiller and Tank are the top 2 RBs Imo
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:43 am to KingOrange
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think everyone but Rose, and Najee
Yeah Najee sucks
Huh? He's awesome. But he is leaving, right? Wasn't he a first round pick?
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:46 am to Hugh McElroy
Joking. Trying to make a pun. Didn’t work. It’s is Monday.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:49 am to Hugh McElroy
Here let me help out. When you look at carries, it is pretty clear that as you get more carries, you start to return more to the mean. The top two guys had significantly less carries, probably against backups or in blow out games, which helped inflate their average. Also, it is pretty safe to assume that A&M and Kentucky did have two of the best offensive lines last year to run behind, which helps any running back. Hopefully, they didn't lose a bunch of talent on the offensive line to the NFL or graduation.
When you take into account the offensive line they were running behind, and the talent around them, it seems pretty clear that Tank and Kevin Harris was doing the most with the least. Also, you have to note that Najee had about 60 more carries than the next closest guy and was still performing at high rate.
1 Devon Achane Texas A&M 43 attempts
2 James Cook Georgia 45 attempts
3 Chris Rodriguez Jr. Kentucky 119 attempts
4 Asim Rose Kentucky 106 attempts
5 Kevin Harris S Carolina 185 attempts
6 Tank Bigsby Auburn 138 attempts
7 Ainias Smith Texas A&M 49 attempts
8 Daijun Edwards Georgia 37 attempts
9 Najee Harris Alabama 251 attempts
10 Isaiah Spiller Texas A&M 188 attempts
When you take into account the offensive line they were running behind, and the talent around them, it seems pretty clear that Tank and Kevin Harris was doing the most with the least. Also, you have to note that Najee had about 60 more carries than the next closest guy and was still performing at high rate.
1 Devon Achane Texas A&M 43 attempts
2 James Cook Georgia 45 attempts
3 Chris Rodriguez Jr. Kentucky 119 attempts
4 Asim Rose Kentucky 106 attempts
5 Kevin Harris S Carolina 185 attempts
6 Tank Bigsby Auburn 138 attempts
7 Ainias Smith Texas A&M 49 attempts
8 Daijun Edwards Georgia 37 attempts
9 Najee Harris Alabama 251 attempts
10 Isaiah Spiller Texas A&M 188 attempts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:51 am to ATLtiger12
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The top two guys had significantly less carries, probably against backups or in blow out games, which helped inflate their average.
This is false, as I tried to point out. (Also, it's fewer...)
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 10:52 am
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:53 am to ATLtiger12
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Also, it is pretty safe to assume that A&M and Kentucky did have two of the best offensive lines last year to run behind, which helps any running back. Hopefully, they didn't lose a bunch of talent on the offensive line to the NFL or graduation.
We lose some but have a lot of quality depth on the line (it’s probably Stoops best recruited position group).
While Rodriguez and Rose’s carries were likely more due to the lack of passing offense, it’ll be interesting to see if they gain YPC in a more balanced offense under Cohen. They basically ran against a stacked box all season.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:08 am to Hugh McElroy
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So even with the top 7% of his carries wiped away
I like how you had to use a percent here because it's a whopping 3 carries
3 carries for someone with 150 carries is 2%. See how that works
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he still is in top three in the SEC in ypc.
Again, comparing backs who had 40 carries on the season to people who had 150, 250 carries is just plain dumb. It's not to say the guys who had a few big carries in their 4-5 carries per game didnt do anything good, but the law of averages say doing it over 150-250 carries is not a good comparison to someone doing it over 40. As would anyone with a brain trying to compare a guy who had 13 carries max in any game on the season with just 2 games of double digit carries to guys who average that over the course of the season per game.
Are we going to compare receivers who had 20 catches for 380 yards to ones who had 60 and 70 catches as well?
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 11:14 am
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:40 am to Hugh McElroy
Honestly surprised to see James Cook on there. I remember him being meh last year.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:44 am to Hugh McElroy
I’m surprised Tyler Badie isn’t on this list. Damn.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:47 am to Farmer1906
very cringe that he started this thread on the secrant and you replied with your typical weird response trying to brag about yalls 3 average runningbacks
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:48 am to Hugh McElroy
Kentucky the only school with 2 in the top 5, Kudos!
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:51 am to Hugh McElroy
This is Jimbo's year. He better do it this year, or it will be never. Next year will a little down, the following year, a bit more down, then the bottom will fall out.
Best of luck!
Best of luck!
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 11:56 am
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:56 am to RD Dawg
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then you're a fricking dumbass
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I think the later is more appropriate for TBird
How ironic
Posted on 5/10/21 at 11:59 am to DallasTiger45
lmao so many people in this thread actually don't understand simple averages and arithmatic.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:40 pm to BluegrassBelle
No basically about it. They absolutely ran against a stacked box all season long. The craziest thing about Rodriguez is I’m pretty sure he was only stopped twice before the line of scrimmage all the way up until the bowl game. He had two runs for a loss I. That game. He will be a problem when defenses have to account for a passing game.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:03 pm to Hugh McElroy
Kewl. Now do YAB, yards against Bama.
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